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Basic
GIS Tools - Drawing
Order
Concepts:
drawing order
Drawing order
The drawing order is simply the order in which layers are drawn in the
data frame. ArcMap
will automatically put
image (raster) data on the bottom, then polygons, then lines, and
finally points (on the top). This makes sense for drawing.
But there may be times where certain layers cover other ones, such as
if you add the town polygons and any other polygon layer. The
towns may draw on top, entirely covering the other layer.
Switching the drawing order can fix this. First, click on the
'Display' tab in the Table of Contents:
The 'Display' tab shows the layers in the order in which they are drawn
in their respective data frames. To move a layer up or down, just
select it with the mouse, hold the mouse button down, and drag it up or
down the stack. Wherever you let go is where it will draw.
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